tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:12:07 +0000NonereckoningCookiesdesirefoodknife lawGrandparentsUniversityBizarro.TuesdayBloggingEggnogFailureNemesisNotes from the UndergroundPolar BearTheoryWrenchingagriculturechocolateinstitutionalisationironylentorphanedpostspollssheeplespamteathe.golden.pathtimeStable or TARDIS?What the Philosophers say about reality is often as deceptive as when you see a sign in a second-hand store that reads: Pressing Done Here. If you went in with your clothes to have them pressed you would be fooled; the sign is for sale. <br>
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Diapsalmata” from <i>Either/Or</i>.http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jack)Blogger567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-1404398040236213181Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:52:00 +00002016-12-10T00:52:58.572-07:00chocolateSome Ingredients Not Includedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/6MC_jP46AgA/some-ingredients-not-included.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Aldi is a place to find many wonderful and oft unusual items. Knock-off Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a good sign; I'm the kind of guy who isn't picky about the name on the box so long as there's the...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/6MC_jP46AgA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2016/12/some-ingredients-not-included.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-520178360275240555Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:50:00 +00002016-02-28T13:51:01.834-07:00The Trial of Henry Devereaux, part the 1sthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/F-3_Se43FDs/youshould-call-henry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)1“You should call Henry.”The headlights started dimming at 11PM; about 5 miles from home, but only half a mile from Randy's. Randy is a BMW touring bike owner, a close friend, and while he doesn't...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/F-3_Se43FDs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2016/02/youshould-call-henry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-5938476682188162711Sat, 30 Jan 2016 04:57:00 +00002016-02-28T13:44:37.753-07:00Untitled 7-2014http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/EdZDR8z5f_0/untitled-7-2014.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0I saw a face in an open window
She looked back with strained compassion
"Are you really so much like me?" I asked
She did not give an answer
I walked on, then, &nbsp;and left her
The one whose face...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/EdZDR8z5f_0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2016/01/untitled-7-2014.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-71100550796549786Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:13:00 +00002015-11-03T18:58:56.749-07:00Lifehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/4yccpOGqhMU/life-is-bigger-on-inside-than-it-is-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)1Life is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. What is going on, what is growing and resting and straining, is so much more than we can ever know&nbsp;—&nbsp;and even that is only one face...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/4yccpOGqhMU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2015/11/life-is-bigger-on-inside-than-it-is-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-7308364233134498272Mon, 04 May 2015 21:04:00 +00002015-05-04T15:04:39.888-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/HQ7gDc7TUaM/whales-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Whales: not as innocent as you thought.<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/HQ7gDc7TUaM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2015/05/whales-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-946052352735122644Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:04:00 +00002015-04-25T21:17:58.651-06:00Sepulveda Vista Pointhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/JRdr2CfeUNA/sepulveda-vista-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)2There are nice parks on the hills south of UCI's campus (heading toward the high-priced zipcodes of Newport Beach coastal canyon condo complexes) that give an amazing lookout over all the rest of...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/JRdr2CfeUNA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2015/02/sepulveda-vista-point.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-311992718299254052Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:45:00 +00002015-02-10T13:42:11.515-07:00Chapter 2015http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/BVRyrs0JisE/this-is-not-blog-about-motorcycle-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)1This is not a blogabout a motorcyclebut what if it were?
I've been unsure of how to write on this thing for quite some time now.
I've missed writing, even if I can't remember what structure or...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/BVRyrs0JisE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-is-not-blog-about-motorcycle-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-7843342451024068403Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:13:00 +00002015-02-10T13:51:41.227-07:00Genocidehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/8UfF5wl35h8/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0...Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite so bad as it was made out. Is...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/8UfF5wl35h8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2014/08/blog-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-6557161065442125594Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:38:00 +00002014-01-21T15:39:19.304-07:00Musings on DHLhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/d3jCyJJaT0E/to-considerin-my-old-life-if-i-were.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0To consider: in my old life, if I were sick and spending a day at home, a knock from a courier usually meant something exciting was about to happen. A book I ordered two weeks ago? A replacement part...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/d3jCyJJaT0E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2014/01/to-considerin-my-old-life-if-i-were.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-1502948133684254689Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:01:00 +00002013-12-14T01:11:59.008-07:00Friday, the 13th (part n.)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/rzlsovLqH0A/friday-13th-part-n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Midway City, United States33.7476457 -117.9866189The thirteenth is a day of Christmas choir performances, half-watched DVDs, and reading obscure novels during long drives.It is a day of not-quite-functional washing machines, gas heaters that blow...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/rzlsovLqH0A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2013/12/friday-13th-part-n.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-5656587473554211815Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:47:00 +00002013-11-22T14:57:07.183-07:0022 Novemberhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/5d0qtwSKvSQ/22-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0It's been 50 years since Jack said farewell. He was 64. Arise my body, my small body, we have striven Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven. Arise small body, puppet-like and pale, and go, ...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/5d0qtwSKvSQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2013/11/22-november.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-7578241220644084149Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:16:00 +00002013-01-29T09:16:29.661-07:00Tradeshow Gameshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/i3Wp8DWqAek/tradeshow-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Making it through the not-terrible eggs, half-decent sausage, and really-nasty hashbrown without getting ketchup on anything while at one of those standing tradeshow-floor tables feels like a real...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/i3Wp8DWqAek" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2013/01/tradeshow-games.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-3608429674308062911Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:49:00 +00002012-12-02T13:49:32.345-07:00Diamantinehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/0O-_p4n3tDw/diamantine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Although I walk in dead of night
My mind in places far away
The snowflakes glint in pale moonlight
Now absent fear, joy remains<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/0O-_p4n3tDw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/12/diamantine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-4798392952828188815Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:33:00 +00002012-11-23T10:33:14.486-07:00orphanedpostsTo Thine Own Self Be Truehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/oE9FcY8hmL4/flow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Alone.
Alone, in the dark, far from home.
Home.
Definition. The last bastion against meaninglessness. When all seems upended, perverted, and mistaken, we define our world with defensive reflex,...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/oE9FcY8hmL4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/11/flow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-7017377829282142517Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:18:00 +00002012-11-23T10:18:38.625-07:00in lieu of originalityhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/ylUZvOJ0FzI/in-lieu-of-originality_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0IF you were coming in the fall,
I ’d brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I ’d wind the months in balls,
And put them...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/IP0Vzuejcc8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/11/you-dont-need-to-see-his-identification.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-8970621389694888879Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:37:00 +00002012-11-16T15:37:15.255-07:00International Lettermailhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/C75-P_QHOd0/international-lettermail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)2Several years ago, Canada Post decided that the easiest way to disguise the impact of rising energy prices and inflation on lettermail postage was to issue a generic stamp for domestic lettermail--if...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/C75-P_QHOd0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/11/international-lettermail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-1292742457881421250Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:41:00 +00002012-08-25T11:50:36.509-06:00Luna Novahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/Vs5zRlb079Q/luna-nova.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)1The stars are full of memories
or so the poets say
the light that shines on us tonight
of distant past, so far away
My mind is full of wand'ring dreams
but hope... it keeps me here
what could have...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/Vs5zRlb079Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/08/luna-nova.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-2980928907190012080Fri, 04 May 2012 06:06:00 +00002012-05-04T00:11:45.172-06:00Perception and External Memoryhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/7gX6iVRRXvU/perception-and-external-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Don't know how many of you are familiar with the service called "Amazon Mechanical Turk," but here's an interesting application for it.&nbsp;(Thanks to Edward for the link.)
Basically, Matt...<br/>
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although unknown, not unfamiliar&nbsp;&nbsp;
foreign is not the same as alien.
An introduction we are right to fear
translation threefold--body, mind, and...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/6BFEjCEBBWk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2012/01/ich-und-duintroduction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-572336660063831966Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:35:00 +00002011-12-15T19:35:50.385-07:00Songs of Innocence and Experiencehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/mqy-GKVO2HQ/songs-of-innocence-and-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0My friend posted an excerpt from his Theological Ethics paper today:
"Parents often fail to realize their complicity in maintaining the socially constructed 'adult world' their children are...<br/>
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Basically, it's a failsafe way to create an 'e-mail will'--you...<br/>
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---- This is an excerpt: check out http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com for the full post!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~4/F0MjP-8pZ78" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://biggerontheinside.blogspot.com/2011/11/dms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32478859.post-8762118396944973483Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:14:00 +00002011-11-22T10:14:41.969-07:00NoneMen must endure their going hence...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StableOrTardis/~3/kCVm7hA6AP0/light-em-if-youve-got-em.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jack)0Light 'em if you've got 'em. 48 years today, and still Mythopoeia trumps politicized religion, every time.
Do something epic today.
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When I&nbsp; .
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A blaze of blue and brilliant green
It dropped as in a dream-like sight
From whence to where she did not ween
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A beacon, or, a baleful...<br/>
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